𝗪.𝗔.𝗦.𝗧.𝗘. 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 | 03 May 2026 HOMILY with Fr. Jerry | 5th Sunday of Easter

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𝗪.𝗔.𝗦.𝗧.𝗘. 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Sunday Homily - May 3, 2026 5th Sunday of Easter “𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮,” 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣. 𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘶𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺? 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺. —————- The story is told about a stewardess who gave a Filipino some chewing gum with a smile, saying “For your ears, so they won’t hurt during the fight.” “Thanks Miss,” was the Filipino’s reply, and everything went fine until one hour before landing. There was a commotion at the back as people desperately tried to help the Filipino passenger remove from his ears the sticky chewing gum. —————- In today’s Gospel (John 14:1-12), Jesus can’t seem to remove the sticky doubts and fears from His disciples’ hearts. “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still don’t know me?” It must be so frustrating at times for God when all He receives from us are calls of fears, unbelief, and doubt. When, oh, when will we learn to really trust and surrender everything to God? —————- I saw this beautiful ad at the back of a bus, with this message: “Next time, relax, take a bus, and leave the driving to us.” For people who want to control everything in life, relax, we have a “Boss” who controls everything in and around us. If you let God do the driving, you will have a more peaceful and less stressful journey through life. —————- “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.” Today, let us remember with gratitude the people whom God has given to us in this life and who have helped us in our earthly pilgrimage. Because of them, somehow, the load is lighter, the road is smoother, the journey is happier, and our fears are fewer. Having such peop